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Key Phrases
- A dynamic new workshop designed to equip and encourage mentoring relationships.
- A three and a half hour workshop to train mentors in your church or ministry.

General Description(s)
Are you looking to facilitate mentoring within your church or ministry context? How does someone become a mentor or find one? Arrow Leadership has been at the forefront of the leadership mentoring initiative for the last 16 years. And now we have developed a powerful, yet straightforward resource to develop mentoring relationships in churches and ministries.

The Mentoring Connection is a dynamic new training workshop created for use in the local church. Facilitated by trained Arrow Alumni, this 3.5 hour workshop is designed to equip and encourage people in the local church to intentionally invest in others through mentoring.

In this workshop, you will explore models of mentoring and your role in this legacy ministry. A mentoring workbook is provided. Integrated into the workbook are 23 follow-through challenges to help you keep learning when the workshop is over.

What Will You Learn?

1. That God can use you to have a powerful impact in the life of another person.

2. Practical relational and mentoring skills based on Jesus' model of life and ministry.

3. Thankfulness for people God has used formally and informally as mentors in your own life.

4. What mentoring is and isn't.

5. An understanding of different styles and types of mentoring - and where you fit as a mentor.

6. A helpful process for identifying a mentee's needs and then walking alongside them.

There are many reasons to encourage mentoring through The Mentoring Connection...

• Anyone can be a part of Mentoring - Through this workshop participants recognize that mentoring is not a one person show and that anyone can be a mentor.
• Arrow's Experience - Arrow has witnessed the powerful impact of mentoring in the lives of over 1,100 Arrow leaders worldwide.

• Gifted Facilitators - Facilitators are Arrow alumni who are gifted communicators and have firsthand mentoring experience.
• Church-Focused - Specifically designed for use in the local church context. But intentionally does not create another new program.
• Encouraging - Participants leave encouraged and empowered to engage in the natural mentoring opportunities around them.
• Biblical - Grounded in the example of Jesus and the authority of Scripture.
• Practical - Participants acquire practical skills, tools and resources. A helpful training manual is also provided.
• High Quality - Professionally designed and tested.
• Follow-Up - The training manual provides 23 follow-up challenges to reinforce learning.
• Convenient Time - The 3.5 hour workshop can fit into a morning, afternoon or evening time slot.
• Advertising - We provide you with reproducible resources to invite others and advertise.
• Location and Numbers - Suitable for most settings and any size group.
• Evaluation - Participants evaluate their experience and Arrow monitors quality.